The value returned from srmcons_init() was -ENODEV for over 2 decades. But it does not matter, given device_initcall() ignores retvals. But to be honest, return 0 in case the tty driver was registered properly. To do that, the condition is inverted and a short path taken in case of error. err_free_drv is introduced as it will be used from more places later. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c index 3e61073f4b30..b9cd364e814e 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c @@ -196,40 +196,44 @@ static const struct tty_operations srmcons_ops = { static int __init srmcons_init(void) { + struct tty_driver *driver; + int err; + timer_setup(&srmcons_singleton.timer, srmcons_receive_chars, 0); - if (srm_is_registered_console) { - struct tty_driver *driver; - int err; - - driver = tty_alloc_driver(MAX_SRM_CONSOLE_DEVICES, 0); - if (IS_ERR(driver)) - return PTR_ERR(driver); - - tty_port_init(&srmcons_singleton.port); - - driver->driver_name = "srm"; - driver->name = "srm"; - driver->major = 0; /* dynamic */ - driver->minor_start = 0; - driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SYSTEM; - driver->subtype = SYSTEM_TYPE_SYSCONS; - driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios; - tty_set_operations(driver, &srmcons_ops); - tty_port_link_device(&srmcons_singleton.port, driver, 0); - err = tty_register_driver(driver); - if (err) { - tty_driver_kref_put(driver); - tty_port_destroy(&srmcons_singleton.port); - return err; - } - srmcons_driver = driver; - } - return -ENODEV; + if (!srm_is_registered_console) + return -ENODEV; + + driver = tty_alloc_driver(MAX_SRM_CONSOLE_DEVICES, 0); + if (IS_ERR(driver)) + return PTR_ERR(driver); + + tty_port_init(&srmcons_singleton.port); + + driver->driver_name = "srm"; + driver->name = "srm"; + driver->major = 0; /* dynamic */ + driver->minor_start = 0; + driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SYSTEM; + driver->subtype = SYSTEM_TYPE_SYSCONS; + driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios; + tty_set_operations(driver, &srmcons_ops); + tty_port_link_device(&srmcons_singleton.port, driver, 0); + err = tty_register_driver(driver); + if (err) + goto err_free_drv; + + srmcons_driver = driver; + + return 0; +err_free_drv: + tty_driver_kref_put(driver); + tty_port_destroy(&srmcons_singleton.port); + + return err; } device_initcall(srmcons_init); - /* * The console driver */ -- 2.48.1